This week we read the entire Hellboy: The Wild Hunt arc (Darkness Calls, The Wild Hunt, and The Storm & The Fury) written by Mike Mignola and illustrated by Duncan Fegredo.  We discuss the bloated corpse of a movie that was Hellboy (2019) starring David Harbour, Arthurian legend, Russian folktales, the moral dilemma of supporting art made by shitty people, and more politics, because 2020.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

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Episode 19: Hellboy: The Wild Hunt

We're back, y'all! The podcast episode this week is 90% nonsense but 10% of it is *actually* about the comic. This week we're discussing Y: The last Man by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra. We discuss POLITICS IN 2020, the last man narrative, Shakespeare things, and a bunch of other stuff that may or may not be relevant to the actual comic.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 18: Y: The Last Man

This week we read the first two volumes of Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. We discuss the rise of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, ghosts of exes past, and the Scott Pilgrims that we have known, loved, and judged. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 17: Scott Pilgrim

This week we read Invincible by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker. We discuss superhero family tropes, the founding of Image comics, and the secret sauce needed to create good superhero comics. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 16: Invincible

We’re back! This week we read Thor: Mighty Avenger, by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee. We debate the existence of Sasquatch, envision Jesus on the Avengers, and wonder who wore it best: Netflix’s A Knight Before Christmas, Kate & Leopold, or Thor. Make sure to drop by the Eureka Valley Public Library (in the Castro) and check out our art on display! **Edit** Thor originally appeared in Journey into Mystery, NOT Tales to Astonish. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 15: Thor - Mighty Avenger

This week we get into one of the most successful comics of the last decade, Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples! Between fighting about anime and talking about the newest version of Little Women, we also dig into the crazy character design of Saga and we discuss how much we love Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples as a creative team. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 14: Saga

Your favorite purveyors of trashy ambient noise are back! This week we take a break from gushing about Netflix's Cheer to read and review Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. We also discuss love, life, man's search for meaning and wax rhapsodic about the SF Stonestown Borders (RIP). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 13: Preacher

We're back! And just when you thought 2020 was completely hopeless. This episode we read Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man by Carl Barks. We give a brief overview of Disney from it's humble beginnings to it's terrible reign. We also reopen the cold case of Mickey's missing nephew and Hannah reveals a formative first love. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 12: Uncle Scrooge - Only a Poor Old Man

This week Hannah and Justin fight their way back from the brink of DEATH to read Daredevil Born Again, by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. We also discuss our Landlord’s strength, Charlie Cox’s wetboy status, the fact that Black Widow never gets her due, how Daredevil is the data entry guy of the Marvel Universe and if David Harbour is the comic book movie kiss of death! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 11: Daredevil Born Again

This week we take a trip BACK TO THE USSR as we read Superman Red Son by Mark Millar. We discuss the the Superman origin story, Justin attempts a vaguely Russian accent, we debate how much do you separate the art from the artist, and Hannah finally gets to talk about how much she loves Russian history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 10: Superman - Red Son

This week we read Bone by Jeff Smith! We discuss interspecies romance, debate whether or not Casper the ghost actually has feet, generally disagree about what makes a good comic, and we have a lot to say about poser bars in Northern California. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 9: Bone

This week we read Godzilla: Half Century War by James Stokoe with colors by Heather Breckel. We discuss Godzilla's place in pop culture (is Godzilla actually responsible for Space Jam?), King Kong vs the King of the Monsters, and we also bring you an hour of Godzilla impressions that no one asked for. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 8: Godzilla - Half Century War

This week we read Lastman written by Bastien Vivès and Balak and drawn by Bastien Vivès and Michaël Sanlaville. In our most tangential episode yet we discuss our wedding anniversary, how pricey ritual bloodletting can be, Hannah's retail PTSD, and we continue to debate if Jackie Chan can actually sing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 7: Lastman

This week we read Watchmen written by our favorite angry grandpa Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. We talk about Watchmen's place in pop culture, the eerie parallels to the world we live in today, and we bring you an extra helping of HALLOWEEN SPOOKINESS as Hannah makes Justin take a Halloween movie quiz. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 6: Watchmen

Excitement! Drama! Power! This week we're reading Marvels written by Kurt Busiek and painted by Alex Ross. We discuss the MCU takeover, the early 2000s Spider-Man movies, and Toby Maguire's unfortunate double chin.......Also, we talk about the comic. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comicbae/message

Episode 5: Marvels

Comic Bae is a weekly podcast for comic book nerds and the people who tolerate them. Each week Justin gets Hannah to (reluctantly) read through some of the most iconic comic books of all time.

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